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Senior Software Engineer

Planet
Remote
Full Time
Posted March 2, 2026
$143k - $179k
Not Specified
Remote
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Job Description

The role involves developing and managing container-based applications, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure in a cloud environment to support real-time satellite data monitoring for defense intelligence customers, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own the container-based application lifecycle, including bi-weekly releases and CI/CD pipelines for GMS.
  • Manage deployments on customer-isolated Kubernetes clusters with stateful applications and persistent storage.
  • Ensure high availability and performance through proactive monitoring, alert response, and participation in on-call rotations.
  • Debug and resolve complex issues surfaced by customers or internal monitoring systems.
  • Own authentication for GMS resources and provide full-stack technical support to customer-facing teams.
  • Manage terraform deployments for data pipelines.

Requirements

  • Six years of software engineering experience with a focus on infrastructure or DevOps, specifically deploying and managing containers.
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and stateful applications, persistent storage, and node pool isolation in Kubernetes.
  • Track record of owning and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and managing infrastructure via Makefiles and manifests.
  • Practical knowledge of secrets management and security best practices within a cloud-native environment.
  • Experience participating in on-call rotations and participating in blameless postmortems.
  • Ability to monitor complex distributed systems with established SLAs and SLOs and a commitment to meeting strict performance SLOs and contractual obligations.
  • A high degree of independence and a sense of ownership over the full deployment lifecycle.
  • Experience deploying in secured customer environments.
  • Willingness to collaborate across multiple time zones and travel quarterly for team alignment.
  • Experience managing data pipelines, particularly with dbt.

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits if local to an office
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives bonus and equity
Salary range based on location and experience (e.g., $142,800 - $203,200 USD in US locations)

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